The Hall family was active in real estate in Medford, Massachusetts, from the 1760s
to the 1840s. The family, which included Benjamin Hall, Richard Hall, Ebenezer Hall,
and Ebenezer Hall, Jr., bought land in and around Medford, and also traded agricultural
commodities and leather, and raised cattle. Benjamin Hall was a distiller and president
of the Andover & Medford Turnpike Corporation. Richard Hall was a hatter by profession,
and Ebenezer Hall was a tanner.

This collection contains deeds, agreements, releases for land, and account books,
of the Hall family of Medford, Massachusetts, dated from 1734 to 1857. The collection
includes records of properties bought and sold by Andrew Hall, Stephen Hall, Benjamin
Hall, Richard Hall, Ebenezer Hall, and Ebenezer Hall, Jr. Some of the deeds include
the signatures of women and a statement that she is freely relinquishing her right
to dower in the property. There are additionally deeds and agreements of other Medford
citizens. An account book dated 1787-1791 contains records of the sales of commodities
like beef, rum, salt, leather and skins, and shoes. A receipt book of Ebenezer Hall,
dated 1821-1828, records purchases of cattle and oxen. There is also a commonplace
book with news clippings pasted in, and one receipt for items lent to an unknown individual
including a bed and pillows, dated approximately 1783-1787.

Scope and Contents: Contains deeds of lands to Benjamin Hall from Abigail Hall, Andrew Hall's widow, and
the estate of Stephen Willis, as well as a tax receipt, dated 1757-1814. There is
also an undated sketch of land.

Scope and Contents: Contains land deeds to Richard Hall from Ebenezer Hall, Jr., Benjamin Hall, Aaron
Putnam, and others, as well as a deed to a pew in the public meeting house in Medford
from Elizabeth Blodget, dated 1785-1790.

Box 1, Folder 5, Richard Hall deeds and agreements Date: 1791-1792

Scope and Contents: Contains deeds to Richard Hall for land or salt marsh from Thaddeus Richardson, the
estate of Ebenezer Cutter, Benjamin Hall, Samuel Tufts, and others, dated 1791-1792.

Box 1, Folder 6, Richard Hall deeds and agreements Date: 1792-1796

Scope and Contents: Contains deeds and agreements related to land acquired or owned by Richard Hall, dated
1792-1796.

Box 1, Folder 7, Richard Hall deeds and agreements Date: 1797-1799

Scope and Contents: Contains deeds of land to Richard Hall from William Woodbridge, John Gates, and Willis
Hall, Elizabeth Ingraham, and Jane Hall, heirs to the estate of Stephen Hall, dated
1797-1798. There is also a volume of debts due to the estate of Richard Hall, dated
1799.

Box 1, Folder 8, Richard Hall deeds and agreements Date: 1801-1803

Scope and Contents: Contains land deeds and agreements of Richard Hall, dated 1801-1803, including a lease
to Simon Holdin, and record of property bought from Joseph Wheelright and Simeon Holt,
some of which Hall mortgaged to John Brown.

Box 1, Folder 9, Richard Hall deeds and agreements Date: 1804-1806

Scope and Contents: Contains deeds of land to Richard Hall from John Brown, Richard Floyd, Isaac Greenleaf,
and Simon Holdin, dated 1804-1806. Also includes a five-year lease from Hall to Charles
Herbert of his land, hatter's shop and tools, and a well.

Box 1, Folder 10, Richard Hall deeds and agreements Date: 1818-1825

Scope and Contents: Contains a deed to salt marsh from Jacob and Ruth Tufts, an agreement for Richard
Hall to sell land to Nathan Bryant, and an agreement to lease three rooms, formerly
the site of Hall's hatter's shop, to Oliver Blake, dated 1818-1825. Also includes
an agreement by Hall, as executor of Benjamin Hall's will, to transfer shares of the
Andover & Medford Turnpike Corporation to Andrew Blanchard, a Medford cooper.

Scope and Contents: Contains deeds and agreements of Ebenezer Hall or Ebenezer Hall, Jr., for land and
a pew in the Medford meeting house from Peter Jones, Samuel Tufts, Isaac Hall, and
Benjamin Hall, among others, dated 1770-1789.

Scope and Contents: Contains deeds and agreements of Ebenezer Hall or Ebenezer Hall, Jr., for land in
Massachusetts and Vermont, from Aaron and Rebecca Putnam, David Stevens, and Benjamin
Thompson, dated 1795-1801.

Scope and Contents: Contains deeds and agreements of Ebenezer Hall or Ebenezer Hall, Jr., for land from
Richard Hall, and between Ebenezer Sr. and Jr., dated 1803-1819, as well as a lease
agreement from Mary Jones to Ebenezer Hall for a house, land, and a salt marsh.

Scope and Contents: Contains mortgages, deeds, and agreements of Ebenezer Hall or Ebenezer Hall, Jr.,
dated 1821-1841. Includes a deed from Ebenezer Sr. to his son for a house, land, and
wharf, and deeds from Ebenezer Hall to Hephzibah Fitch and Mary J. Hall.

Scope and Contents: Contains land deed, mortgages, and agreements, dated 1825-1857. Includes a deed for
a wharf and distillery house in Medford, and undated fragment of an agreement to sell
a farm and buildings, one of which was to be turned into the "Black Horse Tavern."

Box 1, Commonplace book Date: 1783-1787

Scope and Contents: Commonplace book removed from folder 1. Includes newspaper clippings on politics and
the American Revolution, lunar calculations, and Massachusetts court schedules, and
memorandum of linens and a bed lent to an unknown person, dated approximately 1783-1787.

Box 1, Account book Date: 1787-1791

Scope and Contents: Account book removed from folders 1 and 2. Entries dated 1787-1791 show trade of beef,
hides, and shoes, among other goods, and provisions delivered to a schooner, possibly
captained by Ebenezer Hall.

Box 1, Receipt book Date: 1821-1828

Scope and Contents: Receipt book of Ebenezer Hall removed from folder 1. Entries dated 1821-1828 mainly
show his payments for beef cattle and oxen.